Trump inauguration a hot ticket for Palm Beachers, even if it’s cold

Tuesday

Jan 10, 2017 at 12:01 AMJan 10, 2017 at 2:38 PM

If Palm Beach’s streets seem to be suddenly emptier after next week, it’s because they are.

Donald Trump

Daily News Staff Writer

Beaucoup locals are blocking out Jan. 16 to 22 in their datebooks, getting the furs out of cold storage and heading to Washington for a week of festivities to celebrate the ascension of their townsman Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States.

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Emilia and Pepe Fanjul, Lourdes and Pepe Fanjul Jr., Robin and Richard Bernstein with daughter JuJu, Darlene Jordan, Gay Gaines, Liz and John Raese, Katy and Leo Vecellio, Janet and JJ Cafaro, Laura and Fred Tan, Hilary and Wilbur Ross, Nancy Brinker, Mary and Mandy Ourisman, Erica and Lee Lipton, Carol and Jay Weitzman and a bunch more will brave the cold and damp to see the oath-taking with their own eyes.

Not that anybody’s roughing it. Sure, there are the big public events, open to everybody who wants to show up and freeze their patootie off, but, as we witnessed first-hand at the inauguration of George W. in 2o01, this crowd prefers to celebrate in a more low-key, clubby way.

There are several private dinners — including Friday’s hottest ticket, the after-parade dinner at Fig & Olive — ambassadorial receptions, luncheons and even, we hear, a private tour of the White House and Oval Office for top-level donors.

There also are a few brunches planned for Saturday and Sunday, but Saturday afternoon seems to be the favored departure time for everybody.

“We want to see him become president,” said one traveler. “What we don’t want is frostbite.”

True, that.

Will you be going to inauguration and parties in D.C. to see part-time Palm Beacher Donald Trump, here at his New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago Club.